wire sculptures

I just wanted to show this to you larger... this is Nathaniel's wire sculpture from my Summer Art Camp. The kids drew contour line drawings with pen of either a shell from my collection or a photo from a book of ocean life photos. Then I gave them coated copper wire that I found in the jewelry making section of our local craft store. I had jewelry pliers and they mimicked the lines of their drawings. We only spent two hours on it, so they would have been even more spectacular with more time! It made the line drawings feel 3-dimensional and they are beautiful hung. (I have photos yet to download!!) This is a fun thing to do this summer at home if you are looking for something creative to do!

Have a GREAT weekend!

Beth

xo

Domo and Caroline

My daughter Caroline is going to be famous before me! She's been making animated shorts on the Domo website and just this week she found out that one of her animations was chosen to be on the video that they are creating! Her artist name is Leenie1. Click here to see all of them! ("The Therapist" is the one they chose to feature!). Way to go Leenie-Lou!!!

3 days...

We've done a lot in just 3 days: Eric Carle collages, surfboard designs, contour drawing, wire sculpture, acrylic paintings, clay sculpture... and made some great new friends!

A little bit of exciting news

Do you remember this cover from last year? Karen Holmes has a beautiful website up for her book and it's also listed on amazon.com. She is giving all proceeds to breast cancer research. She is incredible!! It was an honor to design the book cover because I know how much this means to her and how brave she was to share her experience. I wish her all the success in the world because I know she'll touch many hearts with her words.

first day of art camp

Here's some photos taken after the Kinder class. We painted lots of pieces of paper for our Eric Carle collages tomorrow! And one photo of one of the Big Kids with her buttons for today!

sneak peek at summer art camp stuff

I've been busy making button designs for June's camp ...and the t shirt design for the back of their camp shirts...

Whew... now to actually print all the shirts. yes. myself. I'm trying out the yudu which is a lot like the old Gocco machines, just updated. I'll let you know how it goes! I can't wait to see the kids on Monday!